Lac rhesus: a happy, mischievous monkey

by Parth Mandak

Homoeopathy is a science that has
tremendous potential to heal and give relief to the cases that have at times been
troublesome for the patients as well as the allopathic physicians. Behavior
problems specifically in young children fall into such a category. Here is one such case from my clinical
practice.

The six year old boy was
diagnosed with ADHD and was living his life so “HAPPILY” that nobody around him
was happy. His parents decided to see me
because the school administration told them to send the child to a school for
special children.

Complaints mentioned by parents:

1. Excessive restlessness and inability to pay
attention in any activities.2. Very mischievous, which caused many complaints
from the school. 3. Inability to read or write properly, despite
repeated help from school teachers. 4. Continual running, and climbing onto high places
and jumping, which makes it difficult to look after him.5. Beats
his friends violently while playing with them.6. He eats too much and sleeps little.

In the consulting room, the
child did not sit down and did not want to be inside the room at all. He tried
to run out of the consulting room several times; when the father tried holding
him with force, he hit him on his hand and ran towards the door. Finally, his
father locked the door so that he could not get out on his own but he opened
the latch by climbing onto chair and reaching the latch, then he and ran out. While observing
what the child was doing, I continued talking with the parents. Since the child
did not return after five minutes, his father went out and saw him on the
terrace - he was sitting on a wall of the terrace. His father informed me that
the child always likes to climb up on various places and that no one can ever control
him. Since the conversation
with the child was impossible, I continued to observe the child and to talk
with parents.

Further information given by the parents:

"He only loves playing
outdoor games. He keeps harassing everybody if he is kept inside the
house. He breaks things, he shouts, making
lots of noise. He keeps singing the songs and he mimics actors what he watches on the television. Today, he might mimic your style after we go
home. He teases everyone by calling them different
names. He teases his teachers as well; nobody bothers trying to control him, although
he is very intelligent. He is interested to know the newer technologies, such as how
to use I-pods, mobiles, computer etc., which he follows well. He is not good at studies since he cannot concentrate
on any topic for long and he cannot sit still even for a short while. While playing
with friends, if any fight occurs, he runs behind the friend until he beats his friend. If you beat him, he beats
you back, but if he is not successful
in beating back, that’s alright, he forgets it in few minutes and wants to get
back to the game.

He always wants his mother to be with him. If he
is not being controlled by any means, the parents blackmail him by saying: “If
you don’t listen, your mother will jump in a well and you won’t be able to see
your mother again.” When he is told this, he starts crying and keeps quiet. There
is a significant fear of separation from his
mother and he is very attached to his mother. At night, he prefers clinging to his mother while falling asleep. He is quite emotional about anything going
wrong with his grandmother or his mother.

He likes to
watch television and specifically to watch comedy movies - he laughs
hilariously. Also, he enjoys watching dance on television and he keeps jumping and dancing along with the music.He relates a lot to the monkeys, the entire family calls him a monkey-boy.He fears snakes; the snake is the only animal that he avoids watching
on the television.He loves to eat fruits,
especially bananas.He sleeps very little.His is thirsty and he prefers cold water.He perspires a lot but without
any specific smell.

Understanding the case:

Along with all the common symptoms
of ADHD, the main individualistic feature of the case can be seen in
following symptoms:

Desire to jump and climb – to the extent that he climbed up the outer wall of the terraceMimicking and teasing othersIntelligent and curiousLove for dancing and jumping.Attachment to the mother; wants to cling.Fear of
separation from the mother. Fear of snakes.Desire for eating fruits, especially bananas. RestlessnessIndoors

All these symptoms and the
overall personality of the child lead me to the homoeopathic medicine that is
made from monkey’s milk: Lac Rhesus.

Differentiating from the Spider group of remedies:

Characteristic symptoms. such as restlessness,
desire for dancing and jumping, and the desire to eat fruits often point to the
spider group of remedies. However, the attachment with the mother suggests the Mammal sub-kingdom. Also, the child did
not have the qualities of cunningness and deception that make up the core theme
of spiders.

Prescription:Lac Rhesus 1M, one dose every morning for three days

Summary of the follow-ups:

After two months: the child
came and sat on the chair of my consulting room. The father was very happy to
see him sit without becoming restless. The
child kept asking me about my laptop and about how to operate it. He communicated
without a compulsion to leave the consulting room. His parents say that he is doing
well but that his concentration is still not much better.

Treatment Plan: Repeat Lac Rhesus 1M, one dose and placebo for
next two months.

After four months: He started paying attention in the tuitions;
now, he can follow and understand his studies better than before. His sleep was still poor, his mischief
was the same, and he continued teasing people. He had a fever episode that
resolved itself without any medical intervention.

Treatment plan: No repetition.

After
six months: The child continues to improve steadily; his restlessness has reduced.
He takes interest in communicating with others. He is better with his studies, yet
still makes few occasional mistakes in mathematics. Over all, he is doing well.

Comparing it with DSM IV Criterions for ADHD, we can see
him improving in the right direction. Obviously, there is a long way to go yet;
but the important point to note is that the road is correct.

Such behavioral issues can be
beautifully taken care by the wonderful science that we are blessed to practice.
Practicing this science every day helps us to heal others and at the same time
to heal ourselves. As Yoko Ono says “Healing yourself is connected with healing others.”

What gives spice to this story is that people and monkeys often live side by side and slog it out on a daily basis, whether in the market or on the flat rooftops where families spend a good part of their day, overlooked sometimes by tall trees. Each culture offers to the other an alternative way to be when their own falters. Neither one of them lives “in nature”.

Interesting is that « the parents blackmail the boy by saying:
“If you don’t listen, your mother will jump in a well and you won’t be able to see your mother again.” »
The parents have created a monkey situation and imagery that dares the child to react accordingly. Better in his mind to be a monkey than entirely squashed.

It would be nice to hear more about the boy’s family and school situations but I find it not impossible at least to imagine the suggestion of heavy-handedness on the part of the father. The boy may get “fully cured” once the parents have taken remedies for themselves. On the other hand, one could feel sympathy for them, thinking that he has perhaps forced them, as a last resort, into monkey tricks.

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Great results with lac rhesusReply #3 on : Thu January 05, 2012, 15:56:01

This is a very beautiful case and clearly illustrates the Energy of the Source!
Kingdom-Animal
Subkingdom Mammal
Source-Monkey.
Congrats, Parth!

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Lac rhesusReply #2 on : Mon January 02, 2012, 14:04:00

I think very nice case, and I would be happy if many cases of mine would ameliorate as well. Even if there is some subconscious feeling that a nosode (Tub-bov??) or some other remedy will be needed in the future, so I am happy that such case is published

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mischievous monkeyReply #1 on : Mon January 02, 2012, 05:57:07

the attachment with the mother suggests the Mammal sub-kingdom

1) And what about Pulsatilla (plant), Arsenicum, Baryta, & Phos (minerals) children who cling to their mothers for their dear lives?
2) It is only 6 mon after the rememdy, hardly enough time to be able to assess such a chronic case. There has been no aggravation reported, and no acutes coming back from the past suppressed infections.
3) The improvement is very mild, and will probably revert back. Why would a case that is obviously NOT CURED be published?
4) Why is there no DD and no analysis provided. For example, I would like to know why Tuberculinum was ruled out when it seemes to cover most of the reported symptoms and possibly some unreported ones too (head banging?)
5) How was it established that the Resus monkey is violent and hyperactive in nature?